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comment by snoodog
snoodog  ·  2557 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: French Presidential Election - Ask Me Anything

A lot of people are pretty happy to see government "Shut Down". The truth is much isnt actually shutdown but its good PR, and people think waste is slowed down during that time. I think it would be different if food stamps stop coming out, government pensions stopped, social security stops or wars get put on hold. Instead we shutdown parks and pause research which just inconveniences people and is rather annoying.





goobster  ·  2556 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I went through two government shutdowns due to budget issues when I was at NASA.

Pro: I got several days off work.

Con: I didn't get paid.

And you don't work for a government contractor to make money... "lowest bidder" means "lowest salaries".